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Old 21 Feb 2018, 04:07 (Ref:3802815)   #363
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Because quick swap batteries would have lower capacity as less of the battery mass can be dedicated to holding power.

The amount of time required of Le Mans pitstops these days could easily make swappable battery stacks viable.

And to be frank, that's the only way to make long-distance electrical cars viable.
That was more a rhetorical question. Batteries can hold enough power/charge to do some good amount of laps with lmp pace but they won't go as far and recharging is out of the question to keep up with a refuel time. In order to recharge those batteries they'd probably be in the pits for quite a bit more time than regular refueling.
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